South Lebanon Army

The South Lebanon Army (SLA) was a Maronite militia from Lebanon that operated from 1976 to May 2000 during the Lebanese Civil War. The SLA was founded by Saad Haddad and operated in South Lebanon as an allied militia with Israel, and it was also allied to the Tigers Militia, Lebanese Forces, and Guardians of the Cedars and opposed to the Lebanese National Movement, Hezbollah, Palestine Liberation Organization, Lebanese Communist Party, Syrian Social Nationalist Party, UNIFIL, Lebanese Army, Syrian Arab Army, Amal Movement, and Jammoul. It had a strength of 3,000 troops, and the SLA was supported by Israel during the 1990s until Hezbollah defeated the SLA in 2000, forcing most of its leaders to go into exile.